Re: switching off earphone output

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Dave B. wrote:
The reason is that jack actually contains sort of a switch to cut off the
internal speakers when something is plugged in to it. If the jack is no
longer physically attached to the laptop, then you've lost an electrical
connection in the speaker wiring, there is no way to fix it other than
replacing the jack. No amount of software can overcome a broken physical
connection.

"lappybreaker!" <Garethevans01@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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hiya, ok so essentially i have an 8 month old toshiba equium laptop,
and during some drunken escapades i hapend to acidentally remove the
arphone (green socket) and now that this has happened my laptop is undr
the believe that there are earphones plugged into the laptop, and now
the speakers will not bplay sounds as a result, i would like to
dissable the headphones be it through drivers or other means to listen
to sound through the laptop speakers


thanx both, yeah i tried opening it shorty afterwards, that was when my
mouse stopped working, sadly i have spoken to the retailer and although
under waranty they dont cover lack of earphone jack, they cover only
manufacture faults, thancks for your help maybe il get it sorte as an
xmas gift, thanks once again,
Gareth

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